Carex chichijimensis
Species of grass-like plant
| Carex chichijimensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. chichijimensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex chichijimensis Katsuy. | |
Carex chichijimensis is a species of perennial sedge of the genus Carex endemic to Chichijima Island in Japan. C. chichijimensis Katsuy belongs to sect. Graciles Tuck. ex Kük. and is a close relative of C. hattoriana Nakai which is endemic to the Ogasawara Islands. It differs from C. hattoriana in that it has larger, rather glabrous and strongly veined perigynia.[1]
References
- ^ "Carex chichijimensis". eMonocot. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
External links
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- Listed in The Journal of Japanese Botany Vol.83 No.6 (December 2008).
- The Plant List is an online resource for scientific plant names of species rank.
